Weight Loss Journal

You're doing so well!!

And that anxiety attack was a normal reaction to the situation, things felt out of control and "left too late" :)

Oh my word, an hour for 10km!!!?? AMAZING!!!! I'm doing my first 10km on 21 March, so training for it now... only at 6km though!

I started a "Day 1, Day 2" diary for myself for the next 30 days. I have 5 areas that I have daily/weekly goals and tasks for, and I want these habits reinforced (hence the 30 days... takes 21 to form a habit, like you said hehe.) One of those is to run Monday to Friday with weekends off... so far so good, but I'm only on Day 4! :p

Well done for "letting go" of needing Cory... I'm sure he'll come around!
 
Thanks Anke. Your such a great person and it seems we can relate in quite a few ways. You always come up with the best things to say for every situation!! lol.
 
Day 25

The scale read 137.4 today wooohoooo!!!!! I'm "smashing those pounds" as Shaun would say haha :smash:

Yesterday i ended up doing the step class. It was decent. I had to really kick it up myself because I just didnt feel like I was getting enough from it. I looked around the room at one point and noticed that out of the 6 or 7 other people that were there, I was the fittest in the room. Makes me think that its a medium intensity workout and it's just not enough for me at this point in my fitness.

I had my DC circuits exam yesterday and I did really well on it I'm sure. I'm jsut glad it's done with. I have my ISO 9000 exam today at 12:40 and I've already memorized quite a bit of the stuff I need to know. I'm aiming for at least a 70 on that exam. I'll let everyone know how it goes.

So I decided to try eating my cottage cheese a different way. I added cinnamon and a pack of sweetener and 1/3 of an apple to 1/2 a cup of the cottage cheese. It is sooo yum. Tastes realllly delicious. Cottage cheese is a superfood kinda because it is low in fat and carbs and high in protein. I'm just glad I've found ways to enjoy it.

This morning I did the bodypump class. I killed myself in the class by really pushing through all the moves and not reducing my weight when I got tired. I was sweating buckets within the first 10 minutes and the sweat didn't stop till the last 10. Overall an amazing workout today. I may do a 10K run tonight depending on how I'm feeling. I was going to do rpm this morning but felt that the time would be best used studying.

So today I reached the official 10lbs lost mark in only 25 days. That's amazing and I couldnt be happier. I'd like to see 134 in 2 weeks.

Well thats all for now.
 
Day 26

The end of the first month of my x-weighted is approaching and I'm really happy with the results I've seen so far. I often look back at my diary from last year and I really see what a difference not drinking has made. Last year I started working out in March and I didn't get down to 137 till maybe mid June. Thats 3 and a half months!! This time its taken me 1 month. It's cut my time by 66%+.

I decided that today I was going to try on all my clothes that I bought last year when I was small and then kinda grew out of. There are quite a large number of clothes with the tag still on them. One item of clothing (my black casual dress) was too small when I tried it on a couple months ago and today it looked quite nice on me. I stopped wearing that dress back in setpember I think and it just feels so great to be able to look good in it again. There were a number of clothes that I could barely pull off right now, and I might just wait another week or two to attempt them.

Last night I wanted to run 10K but it was the night of x-weighted and bulging brides and the last 10 lbs bootcamp. So I watched all of the shows until 10 and then decided I'd just run 5K. A slow 5K. Well when I got on the treadmill I only ended up running for 10 minutes lol. I didn't mind though. At least I burned an extra 100+ cals for the day.

I finally figured out whats causing all the conflicts with cory and I in the last little bit. Since we agreed to take a step back, he tool a big step back and I hardly took a step back. So here I am like asking him whats up and hes not talking to me and blah blah blah and then I'm thinking I'm bugging him and we just kept getting into tiffs. And its all because we arent on the same fucking level!! shit man I really wish I saw that before. I'm such a fucking loser!!! So I've taken the step back and I'm just going to focus on myself and my school and I only want to talk to him once in a while and see him once in a while. I think taking things super slow right now will be the best thing. I just hope it's not too late.

Well I'm going to do the billy blanks tape now. After that it's lunch time and then I gotta find something to do that can occupy my mind till work so I can just keep cory out of my head.
 
Day 27

I am rediculously SORE AGAIN!!!!! My hamstrings are toast!!! I've been sore everyday since Saturday because I've done so many random workouts this week, and because I'm upping my weight in body pump.

This morning I plan to go to the rpm class and then after that I'll go to bodypump. I am pretty tired this morning. I went out with my friends from work last night. Didn't drink. I smoked though. And I just socialized. I am starting to get really pissed off with everyone freaking on me for not drinking. It's already hard enough to not drink when everyone else is and for my friends to put even more pressure on me just makes it 10 times harder. I do feel like a boring sack of potatoes lately though and I do just want to give in and have a couple drinks. But I know that the longer I go without drinking the more benefits I will reap sooner. So I'm going to go as long as I can. I keep telling everyone that I will in a couple weeks. And I probably will.

I'd really like to see 136.x tomorrow but I dunno if I'm going to see it. It's no biggie if I don't but it would be REALLY nice!! :D

Alright I gotta go and get my self prepped for the gym lol.
 
Hey Adeon!
I finally got around to reading your diary. It looks like you're doing great. I'm so impressed with your running. I absolutely hate running. I do only 5 minutes at a time alternating with walking, only because its the fastest way to burn calories. I've definitely never gotten to 700 calories at one time. Thats awesome! Good for you for saying no to drinking, especially when your friends are pressuring you. Just remember how much faster you're losing the weight. Hopefully that will be enough to motivate you. What kind of stuff are you eating? I try to cook as many meals as I can, and bring my own lunch to school with me. It's actually really fun! Keep up the good work. Talk to you soon.
 
Gonna I usually prepare my meals from home too. Two of my staple foods that I eat everyday are fiber one honey clusters for bfast and cottage cheese with either grapes or apples, cinnamon, and sweetener for snack. I'll generally have a sandwich for lunch with 50g of chicken, turkey, or tuna with some mustard and fat free cheese and whatever veggies I can find. I'll sometimes have a salad with lunch. My next snack is usually a piece of fruit and my dinners are either 3/4 cup of rice, 3-4oz of salmon and a bunch of veggies or I'll have a spinach chicken salad from work.

I love bringing my own stuff to work because I know that what I have is healthy because I prepared it myself. I eat a lot and I always think that everyone in my class thinks I'm a pig haha. But I'm actually loosing weight eating that much.

running is not my favourite thing to do either but it's a really good way to build some stamina and some endurance. It also builds me up to run races which are mini accomplishments during my weight loss.

Thanks for coming by gonna. Hope your here for a while.
 
Month 2 Day 1

I'm now into my second month of my weight loss. I think I'm going to do things like I did last year and take monthly measurements and official weight loss stats. I'd rather not wait the 3 months. I don't have that much more to lose and I'd really like to see where I'm at on a monthly basis. I will post my measurements and stuff in the next post.

Today the scale was 136.8!! I couldnt be happier. I am losing weight now at a steady 1.5-2 lbs per week which is right where I should be. I sometimes feel like I'd like to lose more quicker but that's not really healthy. What I'm doing now is working so I'm just going to keep it up.

This weekend there was a lot of temptation in the drinking department. I went out with friends from work on Friday and they were playing all kinds of drinking games that looked soooo much fun. I resisted the temptation though. Then yesterday I went to the bar for my friends B-day. They were all really drunk which is fine. One of my friends poured a glass of beer and gave it to me and was like "DRINK IT!!!" I just looked at it and kindly turned it down. I know my friends are all still frustrated with my not drinking but that's ok. I actually got a few compliments from friends last night saying that I'm looking really good and my face is getting thinner. I was taking some pics last night and I do agree that my face is getting pretty thin. I can see some nice cheekbones when I put my face a certain way.

This morning I did the rpm class and I gave it my all. It was a lot of fun. I haven't talked to cory for a couple days now and so I think it's safe to send him a hello today. I hope things go alright.

I'm feeling really good today. Kinda bummed that the weekend is almost over but it's OK. Gotta get back to the grind tomorrow.

I posted the pic in my avatar. It's from last night. It's one of the pics I think my face looks thinner in.
 
Feb 1 stats
Chest: 36.5
Waist: 37
Hips: 36.5
Weight: 147.4 lbs

March 1 stats
Chest: 35.5 (-1)
Waist: 34.5 (-2.5)
Hips: 36 (-0.5)
Weight: 136.8 lbs (-10.6)
 
Hey Gorgeous!! Love the pic!! You look so great!

I'm so glad that you've found your groove and are sticking with it. You will pass me in NO time!

My body is not as willing to give up the weight at this point. I think its because I had some big losses at the end of last year. I've seen 134.5 and now I'm bouncing back and fourth between that and 136ish. Which works for me because my bod is looking pretty fantastic!

Anyways! Just wanted to say hi and how happy I am for you and very proud of you!!

Keep it up Beautiful!
 
Awww thanks Dee!! I'm so glad that we BOTH found our groove and are shedding lbs. I'm almost able to post my weight in the 135 or bust group... which we never go on anymore haha.

I definitely feel you with the not being too concerned about the scale fluctuating. The scale fluctuates for me between half a lb but it eventally goes down. Patience is key in this journey.

You look absolutely gorgeous in your new avatar Dee!! Love it!!!
 
Month 2 Day 2

Well nothing really exciting going on today. My body is retaining water right now because of my TOM on the way. So the scale was up to 138 this morning. Definitely not concerned about it though. Tonight I am going to rpm with my cousin. Today is her second day back on track with eating and exercising and stuff so hopefully she can stick to it. She's actually eating properly this time around and enough so I think she should be okay.

Eats are going pretty good today. Yesterday I had a bunch of random things that I dont usually eat. I had apples and natural pb for a snack. I had beans and soup for lunch with bread and I GOT FULL BEFORE FINISHING!!!!! And for dinner I had a greek salad from work as a TREAT and a club wrap with no bacon no mayo. I only ate half the wrap because I got FULL AGAIN. I love that I'm starting to recognize when I'm full and I dont just keep eating because it's in front of me. The way I see it is why put the extra calories in my body if my body doesnt want them right now.

I have an exam tomorrow which I'm not too concerned about. It's biotechnology and I usually get decent marks on my bio/micro exams. Well I guess that's all the updates for now.
 
Hey!
You look really good!
Where do you measure your waist? I think we're about the same size except I measure my waist at about 27. i do it just above the belly button, and the smallest part. I'm not sure where its supposed to be measured. Good job with eating. I love when I stop after feeling full too. I don't always do it, but then I feel gross after. It's so much better to go by how you're feeling.
 
I measure my waist at the largest part which is right below my belly button. That's where Paul Plakas measures on X-weighted, and since I'm doing X-weighted here, I gotta measure the same areas lol. Besides, I'll drop more inches in that are than I will the higher part of my waist.
 
Month 2 Day 3

Things are going well today. I just finished an exam and I think I did decent since I wasn't very prepared at all. I couldnt get into studying. I relocated like 4 times before finding a decent quiet spot in the bathroom stall. I definitely got 3 questions wrong though totalling 9 marks out of 77. As long as I get better than 70% I dont really care.

A couple things to update I guess. I'm starting to really consider doing the ride to conquer cancer. I just went on the website and the Toronto ride is full. The Montreal ride is still open. It is a two day bike ride from Montreal to Quebec City. I would need to fundraise a minimum of $2500.00 which is definitely doable. I just need to hurry up and make up my mind. It would be one of the biggest accomplishments of my life.

I spoke to the rpm instructor yesterday about doing the ride and training and stuff and he told me that I should go to the back to back cycling class on sunday, and load up on carbs the day before. It sounds so tempting. I'll get back to everyone to see if I end up doing it.

Today I am going to do the Billy Blanks tape. My cousin is coming over again and shes bringing her bands so we can do the workout together. She asked if i want to run after doing the tape....and I told her maybe. I doubt she'll want to run after doing that tape. I know I wont.

Everyone is starting to notice that I'm losing weight. It feels fantastic!!! Today I'm wearing a couple pieces of clothing that I kinda threw in the back of my drawer when I gained weight. I'm feeling pretty sexy today.

I phoned a couple of schools to see if they offer any basic biology courses in the summer. The only school that told me they do is Sheridan which is the closest school to my house. Closer than my current school by like half an hour. I asked my teacher if I could take that course and get the credit for my course that I'm missing and he agreed. It's three hours a week and it's entirely lecture. No lab. I'm pretty happy about that. So I'm expecting to be done school completely by July!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

I saw the sign today for grad pics. I am definitely getting some grad pics done. These are the ones that count. I'm going to try to book my appointment for a months time so I can have some time to loose some weight and really slim down.

Eats are still good. Cravings are starting to come into my head but I am swatting them down with a bat. I'm not ready to give into any cravings of any sort. I don't know if I'll ever be ready.
 
You are just on a roll!! What else can I say Amanda? You are truly amazing. I so much enjoyed watching your journey and I think people can really learn from you. I've seen you at the bottom of that mountain and now you've climbed it and are ready for more! Its just great and I'm so glad that I've got to see you do these amazings things!!!

You can really do anything you set your mind to and you've proved that to me and yourself time and time again... and look at you 136!! I am most positive you will hit the 120s LOOOONG before I do! And I will be right there cheering you on!!

You go girl! :)
 
Month 2 Day 4

Yesterday went pretty well. Eats were great. I had steel cut oatmeal for breakfast instead of my usual fiber one and I was disappointed. The worst thing was I wasnt nearly as regular as I am when I eat fiber one for breakfast.

My cousin came over last night and we had dinner together and then sat around and waited for it to digest before doing our workout. She went downstairs to watch the biggest loser and when I went to grab her to do the workout she was passed out. I tried to wake her a couple but she wasnt moving fast enough so I did it without her. I did the 45 minute billy blanks tape and it was very good to say the least.

This morning I woke up nice and early to do the rpm class. My cousin slept over last night and came along with me. The class was freaking hard. It felt very rewarding though as it usually does. My eats today are back to basic. I didnt really eat anything that I usually dont eat, except the bowl of fruit. 1/4 of a cantaloupe, 1 kiwi, and about half an apple. It was delish!! I am getting kinda flustered with the scale. It's been in the 137.x range for the last almost week now. I just want it to go down. I know I gotta be patient though.

I decided to measure my waist today just to soo if I'm losing inches still and I'm down another inch. That put a smile on my face :)

I have a calculus exam tomorrow which I'm fearing for my life over. I'm going to have to study my ass off and get the best possible mark I can so I can worry less about the other two tests. I didnt go to my class tonight so that I can take the time to study instead of really cramming.

I guess that's all for now.
 
Month 2 Day 5

Ahh my exams are finally over. I'm so happy. I had my caluculus exam today and I was stressing hard over it. I was soo sick of studying it by the time all was said and done.

Eats are pretty good today. Yesterday I got some evil sugar cravings but I managed to hold off on giving in. I decided that today I'd tackle the sugar cravings by having a PB and J for lunch. It was all natural PB and pure no sugar added blueberry jam. It definitely hit the spot.

Tonight I am going to bodypump with my sister. It's at 6:30. I MAY or MAY NOT do some cardio after. Maybe run on the mill. Maybe do the ab bootcamp dvd (not cardio I know). I'll have to update with what I end up doing.

So I'm done with school for the weekend. I do have some assignments to do and stuff but I wont have to worry about going to school for 3 days at least.

Anyways my mind is elsewhere right now so the update wasnt as detailed as I'd like it to be. But whatever.
 
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Month 2 Day 6

I am not sure what to make of the scale this morning. I jumped on and weighed in at 134.6. To be honest I think it's low. How do I jumpe from 136.2 to 134.6 in one day??? Unless I had some water weight remaining still from monday which is still being flushed out. Well I changed my ticker to reflect the weight but I wont be suprised if I don't see that number again for a few days.

Today is the first day of my weekend. Not sure what I'm going to do today but I hope that I wont just sit on the couch and do nothing. It's going to be 15C outside today so I'd like to be a little productive.

My workout for the day is probably going to be a 10K run on the mill. I haven't ran 10K since the first time I did so I think I'm due. I am starting to just want one little piece of all kinds of food. I need to make an alternative to the food I'm craving so that I don't give it. My sister had a slice of pizza right in front of my face in the car so I was trapped. I wanted some soo bad. Then I remembered that Paul has a recipe for a pita pizza that sounds pretty darn good. I might make that for lunch today. If not then I may have a veggie burger from harveys.

Well I'll update if any other exciting news comes about! :)
 
So i ran my 10K today in 59:10. A PB for me but nothing really amazing since it was only the second time I ran 10K. It was pretty easy up until the last 10 minutes when I kept easily losing focus and my joints started to hurt. I still powered through it and was very pleased when all was said and done.

None of my friends called me tonight to go out so I'm not going out. I gotta go to the gym at 8:30 tomorrow morning anyways so it's probably best that I stay in.

I really am beginning to feel lonely lately though. I should be soo happy right now because I'm losing weight and feeling good. But I just feel like somethings missing. Maybe it's because I haven't had a drink in over a month and I'm missing the "partying". I know for sure that not having a male friend (whos not in my group of friends) is definitely one of the things though. I've technically been single for over half a year and it's starting to get to me. What makes things worse is that I really like Cory and I haven't seen him in almost a month and I would like to see him and talk to him, but I have to force myself to step back and be reserved. Well he finished the hockey season last week so if he doesnt start inviting me over next weekend then I'm just going to forget about him. No sense in hanging around where I'm not wanted right?? I just hope that I can get past the way that I'm feeling lately because it's really making me feel crappy and I don't want it to hurt my efforts.

The cravings lately are getting worse and worse. I just want to eat something bad. I had the pita pizza today and it was sooo good. I'm probably going to have that tomorrow or the next day again. For dinner i had a veggie burger. I kinda considered today the day where I "fix" my cravings by having healthier options of bad food. We'll see how that goes.

Another thing I've decided. I'm not going to do the ride to conquer cancer this year. I'm going to do it next year. As much as I'd love to have that accomplishment this year I don't have a bike to do it. My mom gave me a walmart gift cert to get a bike but all the bikes at walmart are not designed for racing or sporting. I looked around online today and got some quotes and the good bikes range from 300 to 9000. So I'm going to save some serious cash and get a bike. Theres no point in wasting my money on a shit bike.
 
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